Editor’s note: Today, Sporting News continues its look at a handful of programs that have a lot of work to do in the next five months leading up to national signing day in February. Earlier this week, we looked at Oregon State and Kansas, and today’s focus is on two strong programs that have plenty of spots left in their 2013 classes.

Over the past two days, Sporting News spotlighted Kansas and Oregon State—two programs with success in the past five years, but also on-field struggles in 2011. On the flip side, Kansas State and Oregon—their two bitter in-state rivals, respectively—had great 2011 seasons and have much on-the-field momentum.

While the Ducks do have some quality players on board for February’s signing day, including Sporting News Top 125 RB Thomas Tyner, they are still way behind Pac-12 rival USC and the Trojans are dealing with NCAA sanctions. In recent years, the Ducks were able to recruit nationally and were the sexy choice to surpass the Trojans on the field and in recruiting. If Oregon is to continue down that path, it has a lot of work to do in the next five months before players sign.

The current Oregon recruits aren’t worried—yet. Just ask Matt Wogan.

“Just by talking to (assistant) coach (Tom) Osborne, I know that Oregon recruits in a completely different way,” Wogan, a placekicker, told Sporting News. “They take athletes that are not good, not great but the best on and off the field and they mean that. So the next five months will probably be the same—they will get the best. They know how to and that’s their job.”

Chris Seisay, a 6-foot-2 cornerback out of California, is one of four Golden State natives filling out the class of eight. He hasn’t met Wogan yet, but it was obvious they think a lot alike.

“It doesn’t worry me about the number of recruits we have because I know whatever we end up with will be all we need to win; I think we will finish up with the great recruits the team needs,” Seisay told Sporting News. “All the players committed to Oregon are nice dudes. Most of us talk with each other online all the time and we’re starting to get tight. And coach (Chip) Kelly is a great coach and brings out all the great attributes to the table, and my parents like him a lot and I have a great relationship with him.”

Although like Oregon, Kansas State has single-digit commitments and won double-digit games in 2011, the Wildcats’ situation is slightly different. Kansas State struggled on the field recently until its breakthrough 2011 campaign, and it doesn’t have Nike’s owner creating new and unique jerseys each week for his alma mater like the Ducks do. But the Wildcats have a legendary coach in charge in Bill Snyder, who turned Kansas State from a laughing stock in the late 1980s into a national contender in the last 1990s.

Still, the going has been slow for the Wildcats, who only have six recruits as of this week. Some BCS programs already have more than four times that many. Jesse Ertz, a quarterback out of Iowa who is the unofficial leader of the group, is just like Oregon’s Wogan and Seisay—relaxed.

“I know we only have six in our recruiting class so far, but I’m not worried,” Ertz told Sporting News. “I haven’t talked to the coaches about it at all, but they know what they’re doing and I’m confident they will find great players … I haven’t met any of the other commits yet, but I’ve read about them a little bit and they seem like terrific players and I can’t wait to play with them. I love what Coach Snyder has done. He’s a proven winner and a great coach.”